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Book Group Guides, Ideas and Links

Here’s where you’ll find expert advice for your Book Group, whether your group is many years old or brand new, or even if you want to start a group from scratch, just click on the links below to find out more.

Reading Group Guides Advice and Ideas

This guide includes information on Starting a Reading Group, Running your Reading Group, Choosing what to read, What to do when there’s no guide available and Books about Reading Groups. For more information go to www.readinggroupguides.com.

Tips for setting up and running a Book Club

This guide includes information on Finding people, Setting some goals, Deciding the type of Bookclub, When? Where? How?, Selecting the Books, Discussing the Books, Other ideas. For more information go to www.book-club.co.nz.

Book Club Links

Book Club – Welcome to Book-Club the site for book-clubbers and book-lovers.

Book Groups – This site contains information form the New Zealand Book Council.

Book Browse – Recommends exceptional current books and provides multiple reviews of each book.

Books We Have Read and Loved – Link to “Reading Woman” a place for readers and book discussion groups looking beyond the bestseller lists their reading selections.

Bookspot – Contains Book reviews, Book Awards, Poetry, Literary criticism, Authors and more.

Campbell Live Book Club – Links to TV3’s John Campbell’s Book Club.

GenerousBooks – Info on Books Clubs, Reading Groups, Discussion Groups, Author Interviews and more.

Oprah’s Book Club – Celebrate books with Oprah Winfrey.

Reading Group Choices – Reading Group Choices is a guide to great books to read and discuss.

Reading Group Guides – The online community for Reading Groups.

StoryCode.com – This site is an unique source of inspiring book recommendations and a great way to find the next book to read.

 

 

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